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01-24-2008, 10:06 PM
Post subject: why do they call it falling asleep when your foot is tingley
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i've always wondered that. i also googled that exact phrase but came up with nothing.
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because the nerves are asleep/not working and that is why its tingling? that would be my guess, but i have no idea....good question
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I thought it was "waking up" when it's tingly. It was 'asleep' just prior. It's not the nerves per se, it's the blood rushing back to the area you were cutting off (sitting with one leg tucked under on a chair or whatever) and the nerves sensing the blood rushing in as they reach the end of the capillaries.
My highly edumacated guess :: ha ha ::
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yeah but why do they call it that
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Originally Posted by givememyleg
yeah but why do they call it that
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I'm guessing that "falling asleep" is quicker and easier to say than the clinical, jargon-filled term for the phenomenon.... whatever that is.
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ya i can see that cuz the medical term for brain freeze is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia
but i was just thinking about it today when my hand fell asleep and thought it was weird that i was saying it was sleeping
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You curiosity could probably be better spent pondering more fundamental questions like "what is the meaning of life" and "why is that every time I take a dump I have to pee, but I don't have to take a dump every time I pee".
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The answer seems pretty obvious? If you think of an inanimate object and try to apply the human behavior of "sleeping" to it, it would be when it is turned off, such as a car. Your hand is not inanimate but it is not concious, so its the same sort of idea. Its fuel is restricted, and therefore the nerves cease to work. Something not working, is resting.
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As long as we are asking odd questions, why refried beans? Why don't we just eat fried beans?
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As long as we are asking odd questions, why refried beans? Why don't we just eat fried beans?
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thats another good one!
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yeah but why do they call it that
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I'm guessing that "falling asleep" is quicker and easier to say than the clinical, jargon-filled term for the phenomenon.... whatever that is. |
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yeah but why do they call it that
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I'm guessing that "falling asleep" is quicker and easier to say than the clinical, jargon-filled term for the phenomenon.... whatever that is. |
Frink, I demand more pics of the girl in your av. |
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"paresthesia"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paresthesia
also, what's the word for sucking at Googling?
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As long as we are asking odd questions, why refried beans? Why don't we just eat fried beans?
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thats another good one! |
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What do they call their good plates in China?
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to quote i think sandstorm, why do we call them apartments when they're all stuck together?
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